Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry You are talking hobby type or tourist stuff. The other guys were talking PJ type work in a very remote area. The type of work that Tina does, for example. Jerry LRZeitlin@aol.com wrote: > Feli writes: > > <<Lets say you were thinking about going on a 4-6 week trip to a remote > corner of our lovely little planet, with nary a camera store in sight. You are > going to have to carry everything yourself. Right now you are looking at clothes, > sleeping bag, 2 M's, 3 lenses and maybe a Xpan or R6.2. Basically a backpack > and a small camera bag.>> > > feli, > > I spent a year in India traveling to some pretty remote locations on a > Fulbright Fellowship. Several suggestions come to mind. First, use only 36 exposure > rolls. Use only one type of film. I used an ISO 200 negative color film. > Second, buy film locally. Packing 300 rolls of film will take a small suitcase. > Unless you are in the Amazon jungles C-41 color film is ubiquitous and is > available in the smallest hamlets. Get your film processed at every opportunity. > Processing centers use the same machines as in the US and processed films and > negatives are not subject to over enthusiastic x-rays at airports. Don't take too > much equipment. It is heavy, space consuming, and invites theft. Take one > camera body, a couple of lenses (35 and 90 mm) and a good pocket sized backup > camera. I used a Rollei 35SE. > > Of course if you are really pressed for space, get an Olympus Pen F 1/2 frame > reflex camera and leave your Leica at home. You can get very decent 8x10s out > of a 1/2 frame neg, using modern film. > > Larry Z > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html